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Sec. C-9. 22 MRSA §2699, sub-§2, ¶¶D and G, as enacted by PL 2003, c.
456, §1, are amended to read:

 
D. A pharmacy benefits manager shall provide to a covered
entity all financial and utilization information requested
by the covered entity relating to the provision of benefits
to covered individuals through that covered entity and all
financial and utilization information relating to services
to that covered entity. A pharmacy benefits manager
providing information under this paragraph may designate
that material as confidential. Information designated as
confidential by a pharmacy benefits manager and provided to
a covered entity under this paragraph may not be disclosed
by the covered entity to any person without the consent of
the pharmacy benefits manager, except that disclosure may be
made in a court filing under the Maine Unfair Trade
Practices Act or when authorized by that Act or ordered by a
court of this State for good cause shown or made in a court
filing under seal unless or until otherwise ordered by a
court. Nothing in this paragraph limits the Attorney
General's use of civil investigative demand authority under
the Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act to investigate
violations of this section.

 
G. A pharmacy benefits manager shall disclose to the
covered entity all financial terms and arrangements for
remuneration of any kind that apply between the pharmacy
benefits manager and any prescription drug manufacturer or
labeler, including, without limitation, formulary management
and drug-switch programs, educational support, claims
processing and pharmacy network fees that are charged from
retail pharmacies and data sales fees. A pharmacy benefits
manager providing information under this paragraph may
designate that material as confidential.__Information
designated as confidential by a pharmacy benefits manager
and provided to a covered entity under this paragraph may
not be disclosed by the covered entity to any person without
the consent of the pharmacy benefits manager, except that
disclosure may be ordered by a court of this State for good
cause shown or made in a court filing under seal unless or
until otherwise ordered by a court.__Nothing in this
paragraph limits the Attorney General's use of civil
investigative demand authority under the Maine Unfair Trade
Practices Act to investigate violations of this section.

 
Sec. C-10. 22 MRSA §2699, sub-§5 is enacted to read:

 
5.__Application.__This section applies to contracts executed
or renewed on or after September 13, 2003.__For the purposes of
this subsection, a contract executed pursuant to a memorandum of


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